Grttit-strpport



J. H. YOUNG. GUN SUPPORT.

APPLICATloN FILED SEPT. 2|?. |918.

'Patented' July 8,1919.

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i To all wLoim ztinag/ concern:

fi Be it known that I, JOHN YOUNG, a

i" I citizen of thev United States, residing at Bartlesville,rin thecounty` of Washington and vStateof Oklahoma.,l have invented a f new anduseful Gun-Support,r of which the Yfollowing is a'speeiflcation.l v

This invention relates toa support'fory machine guns and the like,l oneof'its objects G 10 being to provide@ ldisappearing support ofinexpensive construction which can bey f proceeds, 'the inventionlconsists of certain novel 'detailsv ,of construction and combina-,mations of parts which willI behereinafter more y yfully described andpointedvout in the claim, iitbeing understood that various changes"llmay be made in the construction; and ar- I frangement of theparts'withoutjdepartin .-1

from the spirit orqsacriiicingany of thefav i 'V'.Yvantagesoftheinvention asset forth in the'- i appended claim.

y l Inl he accompanying drawings"the r prelferred form ofthe inventionhas'been'shown. l H'ff-In said drawinsf Figure 1 is a si e elevation'ofthe supportl the lowered position thereof being indicated wby dottedlines. v 1 v "`."Fig.2isaplanview. Fig. 3 is lasec'ztion on line 3 3,Fig. 1. f

. 40] .of the joints of the device.

y' fReferring to thev figures preference; 1 designates the sides and 2ythe 'j ,endsy ofthe baseframe ofthe support, "said f l sides and endsbeing connected Tiittings, '45 velbows or the like indicatfedat 3 and'being `formed referably of pipe of'standar'd size.

- kMounte for'rotation on each yofthe endg f f y2 close to each of theconnections 3 vis a T,-y :ftting 4. j Standards 5 of lengths of pipearei5`0`fi1`1 en a ement with. these fttingsxll and are 1 eil; at theirupper ends, with;'KF-Ht-s 4Speeiiieation;efletters'Patent i Applicationfiled september' 21.11918. serial No. 255.131.

rvView which'will appear'asgthel description f QFig. 4 is an'enlargedsectionfthroughv one'-Y by characters of 'PatentedJul'ya 1919.

" y tings 6 in whichl are securedithe endsgof 'upper end members 7formed of'pipe. Af'pairY of T-ittings 8 are mounted for rotationon each`of the members 7 close to the fittings 6 and the fittings 8 on theopposed members'? f y are connected by upper side members-'9,fthus 1` 4to form an upper or top frame. A plate 10 is mounted on and securedtothe members `9rv l rvand the gun or yother object to be supported isadapted to be mounted Von this plate.

ing on the ground. Posts .11 are' erected betweenv the end members '2with theirv up, per ends supporting sheaves12. Each. post f In using thedevice the. parts are'fasseni-Y 'l l bled as described and the supportis setup at the point ofpusewith the base 'frame rest#y extends abovethe ground a distancesome-j whatless than the length of the standards .e

5 and the sheaves 12 supportv cables 13 which are fastened at one end tothe front end of thetop frame and at their `other ends to a seats forthe standards 5, as shown yat18.'v

vwinding drum `orwindlass 14: mounted'o'n a Y standard 15 and having ahand wheel16 forv *operatingit Stop stakes'l arezpositioned in the pathsof the standardsi vfor support; ing the standards when the topframe :isfl lowered. vThesestakes may be provided in v 'their upper ends withrecesses constituting yBy winding the cables 13 on the windlass after agun has been mounted on the plate 10, said plate, with the l gun thereonwill be swungv or elevated an desired distance and -k held by fasteningthe windlass against movement in the opposite direction. By'unwindingthe cables, the top frame of the supli portv w1ll be lowered until comeagainst their seats 18.

'What'is claimed is i A knock down gun support formed of de-v tachablyconnected pipes and'joint's and in, 'cluding a base frame and a topframe,stand ards connecting and pivotally `mounted .on the ends oftheframes, a plate secured tothe top frame standards erected between theends of the base'frame andv extending upwardly Y through the top vframewhen the support is fl'owered, elevating cables extending over and?yconnected to theto frame andy guided'i'o'ver thejstandards and Iownwardly tol the rfront ,and @fthe upper-frame when' said frame is'n'the standards l lowered position, means for taking up or as my own, Ihave hereto affixed my signapaying out the cables to raise or to lowerthe ture in the presence of two witnesses. top frame and itsstandard-@end 'sto y.clevices in the pathsof .thestzvnclarlsforpsup-JOHN H' YOUNG' 5 porting the standards and top frame in Witnesses:

lowered positions. H. G. iOsBonN,

In testimony that I claim the foregoingv WM. G. SMITH.

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